Marcelo Olivares

Practice Areas

Mining, Water, Environment and communities, Infrastructure, Corporate Law, Tax, Foreign Investment

Career

Lawyer for several companies in Chile and internationally, in natural resources, project finance, foreign investment, engineering and construction contracts, public works concessions, litigation, and alternative dispute resolution.

He has actively participated in the international business of mining projects in Chile, other Latin American countries, Australia and Canada.

He was legal vice-president of Andes Iron SpA. He is director of CESCO and academic of Mining Law and Water Law at Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Chile and of mining law at Departamento de Ingeniería Civil Minas, and for the MBA of Mining Industry program at Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial, both at FCFM of the same University.

Education

– Denver University, LLM (Natural Resources and Environment).

– Program of Instruction for Lawyers of the Harvard University Law School.

– Universidad de Chile, Bachelor of Laws (Law and Social Sciences).

Languages

– Spanish

– English

Professional Memberships

Chilean Bar Association

Chilean Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Chilean Australian Chamber of Commerce (Auscham)

The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law

Latin American Mining Attorney Association